Secondary PhD Field in Romance Languages and Literatures The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures has established one secondary PhD field for students who follow a graduate program in other departments within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. A secondary field Romance languages and literatures would be of great interest not only for graduate students specializing in other literatures but also for those whose primary concentration is history, art, music, visual and environmental studies, urban planning and architecture, study of religion, anthropology, sociology, or any field that can be complemented or enhanced with in-depth knowledge of one of our four literatures and cultures, as well as with different analytical approaches to literature and culture. Our faculty's specializations include not only the four different national literatures, in all of their periods, but also multiple modes of analysis, from deconstruction and gender studies, to new historicism and cultural theory, and from philosophy and ethnology to bilingual aesthetics and urban studies. To complete a secondary PhD field in Romance languages and literatures, a graduate student will take a minimum of four courses, at least three of which will be graduate courses (200 level: Primarily for Graduates) and no more than two of which can be intermediate courses (100 level: For Undergraduates and Graduates). Neither P/F nor audited courses will count towards a secondary PhD field in this department. All courses expected to count towards the secondary PhD field will be taken in the department, in the section of the student's choice; in compelling cases, one related course may be counted towards the secondary field, with permission of the director of graduate studies. On average, our larger sections (French and Spanish) offer every academic year about nine 100-level courses and five 200-level courses each. Of the smaller sections, Italian offers up to six 100-level courses and two 200-level courses; Portuguese, two 100-level courses and two 200-level courses. Any and all of the courses offered by a given section at the 100 and 200 levels are open to secondary PhD field students in that section. Graduate students interested in a Romance languages and literatures secondary PhD field should address their questions and requests to the director of graduate studies of the pertinent section: FRENCH, professor Janet Beizer Boylston Hall 509, 6-6090, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ITALIAN, professor Francesco Erspamer Boylston Hall 423, 5-2528, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it PORTUGUESE, professor Joaquim Coelho Boylston Hall 322, 5-1931, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it SPANISH, professor Luis Giron Negron Dana Palmer 104, 5-2567, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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